TABLE 3.
Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome Diagnostic Criteria
A diagnosis can be made if an individual meets 2 major criteria or 1 major + 2 minor criteria | |
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Major criteria | Minor criteria |
Basal cell carcinomas: ≥5 in a lifetime or 1 diagnosed before age 30 | Childhood medulloblastoma |
Lamellar calcification of the falx before the age of 20 | Lympho-mesenteric or pleural cysts |
Jaw odontogenic keratocyst | Macrocephaly (occipitofrontal circumference (OFC) > 97th percentile) |
Palmar or plantar pits: ≥2 | Cleft lip/palate |
First-degree relative with NBCCS | Vertebral or rib anomalies (bifid/splayed/extra ribs, bifid vertebrae) |
Preaxial or postaxial polydactyly | |
Ovarian or cardiac fibromas | |
Ocular anomalies (cataract, developmental defects, pigmentary changes of the retinal epithelium) |